A woman who reported a sexual assault by a stranger in Northeast Portland's Grant Park told detectives Tuesday that she knew the man and admitted providing a false description of a suspect, police said.

Portland Parks & Recreation will contribute $1.25 million toward a future park in Cully, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz announced in a Cully Neighborhood Association meeting Tuesday night. The money will turn a former landfill into a 25-acre park with gardens, walking paths and a playground. Thomas Cully Park will be the Northeast Portland neighborhood’s first developed park, finally fulfilling a promise residents say the city made to them nearly 30 years ago.

What better way to prep for Valentine’s Day? Former United States poet laureate Louise Gluck will read at the University of Portland tonight at 7 p.m. in a free event at the school’s Buckley Center Auditorium, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.

Andrew Theen caught up with Mayor Charlie Hales yesterday after Hales returned from South Africa. The duo talked about the proposed Portland Public Schools teacher strike, the snowstorm, and, of course, Trader Joe’s.

Speaking of Trader Joe’s, comedian Conan O’Brien made the chain's recent planned-then-rescinded store in Northeast Portland part of his Monday night monologue. The gag includes a “white people” jaunt/dance.

Kelly House has the story of a book club occurring at the Northeast Portland Inverness Jail.

The Sabin Community Association reports a stretch of three empty lots and one home site on Northeast 14th Avenue south of Beech and behind Whole Foods market have been rezoned as R-2.5 (2,500-square-foot lots) in preparation for developmentinto eight new single-family homes.